The US Government continued Morton's experiments with the skulls of Native Americans that were killed in battle until they figured out that most Native Americans had bigger craniums that most white people. Then the measurements mysteriously stopped, and the results were locked away in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. We Cherokee were as bad as they were since we refer to ourselves as the Tsalagiyi which means that we are the "Real People" as compared to everyone else, and we have called ourselves that since the tribe first began just about 3,500 years ago. Over the years, that arrogance got us in lots of trouble since we tended to underestimate a lot folks. Obviously, we were not as bright as we thought we were...Well, except possibly for me...

So, read this article, and take it to heart. No one is better than anyone else simply because of their race, and no one is smarter than anyone else unless they choose to be according to the lessons they are here to learn in this lifetime. Some people here are "prejudiced as hell and dumber that dirt" on purpose so that they can help the rest of us learn our lessons so the next time you encounter those excessively exasperating people in the world then at least try to be grateful for them. I try. Sometimes I fail, but I do try. Then again, sometimes I have been told that I can be quite trying. I trust that you are all feeling grateful right now.

One other fun note from the folks at National Geographic. They have a little activity called the Genomic Project through which they have proven that just five thousand years ago everyone on the planet was directly related. Take those findings along with the article above, and one can only assume that we are not all related now simply because we have chosen to believe that we are not. But, belief rarely has anything to do with the truth. It is subjective at best. Have fun with that.